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diagonally

diagonally

13 3.0
Along a slanting line from one corner to another
  • adverb
  • /daɪˈæɡənəli/
: en diagonal
  • Our bodies are moving diagonally and intersecting across time, creating a perfect X.
  • cut diagonally
  • diagonally opposite
  • run diagonally

And then finally it's it has two colours split diagonally.

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Examples

  • To get to the other side of the park, walk diagonally across the grassy area.

  • The bull broke into a slow, unenthusiastic trot that brought it diagonally closer to us.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I sit diagonally from you.

  • But you can clearly see the rope is hanging straight diagonally to the left.

  • Go around the house to your left, and cross the lawn diagonally.

  • Look diagonally across the square there is a dark blue sedan between a truck and a small car.

  • Then he ordered her to walk diagonally across the corner of Broadway and Wyoming.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The surf came in diagonally, which gave you this long ride-- was shallow, only a foot or two deep beneath Robert's board.

  • It was designed to mimic the way a turtle walks where diagonally opposite legs move together.

  • The road runs diagonally through the town, connecting the two major highways.

Synonyms

obliquely
vsdiagonally
5 6.9

In a sideways or indirect way

is strictly a physical angled direction, not about indirect or roundabout meaning
kitty-corner
vsdiagonally
  • US
1 7.9

Diagonally across the street from another place

is used for movement or direction rather than only fixed opposite positions
slantwise
vsdiagonally
1 6.8

In a way that is at an angle, not straight up or across

is movement along a line between opposite corners rather than any angle
slantingly
vsdiagonally
1 7.0

At an angle, not straight up and down

is along a line joining opposite corners rather than any angled position
catacorner
vsdiagonally
  • US
9.3

At a corner diagonally across an intersection from another place

is general movement or direction at an angle, not only corner-to-corner

How Diagonal

diagonally
13 3.0
crosswise
4 4.1
straight
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

diagonally positive

Morphology

diagonally = diagonal (transparent) = diagonal + ly

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'diagonal' with an expected meaning of 'in a diagonal manner'.

Etymology

Diagonally comes from Greek parts dia- meaning 'across' and gonia meaning 'angle'. So to go diagonally is to move 'across an angle', a slanted, corner-to-corner direction like a chess bishop or a line from one corner of a page to the opposite corner.